Insane Asylum
chapter 2
He, along with Aeris stepped into the room. Riku only stared at this boy, Sora. He didn't look insane. Riku looked closer. He was in a bright red jumpsuit and a weird short sleeved white and gray sweater. On his hands were white fingerless gloves and on his feet were very large, very yellow shoes. Well, on second thought, he did look insane.
"Well..." Started Aeris as she walked out "Have fun..."
"..." Riku walked over to the small bed the Sora was currently sitting on.
"Hello, Riku," He said solemnly, with out looking up. He was playing with his fingers and fiddling with his gloves.
"Hey..." Riku said, sitting down next to Sora. How was he supposed to take care of some kid he knew nothing about? He didn't know WHY Sora was here, he didn't know ANYTHING. A few minutes of silence passed. Riku looked up at the clock, 3:43. No, 3:44. A moment later Sora looked up at Riku and stared. And stared. And stared. And stared. And Riku began to lose his patience. And Sora stared. And kept staring.
"What is it already!" He snapped. Sora stared. But his expression completely changed, before, somehow it seemed like a mix of fascination and awe and it changed to hurt and even fear. Riku put his hand on the younger boy's shoulder and quickly added, "Hey, it's okay! It's okay! Sorry, kay?" Sora looked up, smiled and threw his arms around the silver haired boy's neck.
"Riku likes me again!" Needless to say, at this point, Riku was a bit more than freaked out. He pulled away. A few more minutes passed , Riku looked around, the room was fairly big. A bathroom, a bath instead of a cramped up shower like the other patients seemed to have had and...a table. A glorious table. Which was...white. Everything was...white. It was terribly blinding. (And white.)I guess I should just start on homework, Riku thought, rolling his eyes. He got his backpack and set his things up on the table. Riku stared at it, not actually bothering to do anything. He glanced back at Sora, who was staring at him wide-eyed.
"What?" The older boy asked, Sora looked away. Riku actually started his homework. ...Sora started screaming.
"What the hell?" Riku shouted, freaking out, which was odd for him. He watched Sora keep on screaming and ranting abut something he couldn't quite catch, and as the younger boy buried his face in the covers, still screaming and began to cry. Riku reached the door and shouted for Aeris' help. What was he supposed to do? He had no clue what was wrong with Sora! When someone finally came in, it wasn't Aeris, it was another, younger girl, reddish-brown hair and purplish eyes, and wearing the same uniform.
"Sora!" She ran toward Sora and put her arms around him. "What happened?" She asked Riku.
"I don't know!" Riku said "He just started screaming!" But she didn't listen, she just worked on helping Sora. "It's okay..." She said quietly. "It's all going to be okay." Pretty soon Sora quit screaming and his crying silenced. He was still breathing hard and unevenly as he laid back down on his bed, tears still streaming down his face. "Are you okay?" She asked. Sora nodded.
"I'm.. okay...""You sure?"
Sora nodded again. "I saw it... again..."
The girl frowned. "It's not real, Sora! You're hallucinating. That's all it really is." The boy scowled and shook his head. Riku decided just to stay out of this.
She continued , "You know...they're trying to get some kind of medication to make this...thing stop happening. They're close to getting it. Just wait, okay?" Sora nodded and said nothing. "Great, I'm going now. I was working with another patient and have to go back." She looked up at Riku, who was continuing with his homework. "You're Riku, right?" Now her voice seemed very different. It wasn't so soft and baby-ish anymore. The older boy didn't look up. "Mm hm." Was his reply. Then he looked up.
"I'm Kairi." Said the girl. "I've been working here with Sora for a while." She paused. "Did they even tell you what's wrong with him?"
"No." Riku shrugged.
"Aww maaan." Kairi whined. "Now I have to explain it." Riku rolled his eyes.
"Just tell me already."Kairi turned to look at Sora, "You don't care if I tell him, do you?" She asked, voice soft again.
Sora shrugged. "Alright. So...when Sora was really little he would see...things. You see... he never told exactly what they were but... I don't know. He saw things. He would just randomly start screaming, like he did just now. His parents finally turned him over to us when he just turned eight. He still sees things, obviously," she changed back to her soft, babyish voice again when she turned to Sora and said "But he's gotten SO much better!" Sora smiled and looked down at the ground.
"I really, really have to go now. But I'll be back, okay?" Baby voice, Riku thought to himself, talking to Sora, then.. not that I matter anyway. He rolled his eyes and just got back to his homework.
This was all just too weird. Riku looked at the clock, 4:28. Only 4:28. Riku felt like screaming.
Somehow, he felt like this was all Nero and Kai's fault. The three boys had been at "war" for the longest time. They'd been in classes together for...how many years was it? Since, fourth grade about. That year Nero thought it would be very funny to stick the class lizard into Riku's hair. For Riku, no, it wasn't funny at all. (And of course Kai was behind Nero all the way. They were always best friends. Always would be.) Thus started the Riku vs. Nero and Kai war.
Riku, too caught up in his thoughts to take notice to much else, didn't feel Sora standing over him. That is, until Sora took a seat next to him and wrapped his arms around the older boy's waist.
"I missed you..." He said quietly, now resting his head on Riku's shoulder.
"...What?..." Was Riku's confused reply.Sora didn't say anything else for at least the next 45 minutes.
A while later, Riku finished his homework. 5: 37. Sora stayed completely unmoving on his bed. He had moved back only a few minutes ago. Riku stuffed all of his thing into his backpack and leaned back in the chair.
...What am I supposed to do now?, He wondered. Riku put his backpack up on the table and dug through it. There had to be something there that would keep him from dying of sheer boredom.
The only things he had were a reading book, a sketchbook, a walkman and two CDs. Riku grinned. He was always able to sneak electronics into school, no one ever really cared that much. (Except for Nero and Kai, who always wanted to get him into trouble, but that's a different story.) Riku would be able to last on what he had. But for around four hours? And what if Sora freaked out again? What would he do then? Sighing, Riku got a CD, pressed "play" and drew in his sketchbook. And Sora got up and sat obediently by the older boy's side.